Reticent romans: silence and writing in La Vie de Saint Alexis, Le Conte du Graal, and Le Roman de Silence [PDF]
, 2003 Apart from discourse and yet somehow part of it, silence is a powerfully ambiguous linguistic phenomenon that blurs the lines between presence and absence.
Bibbee, Evan J.
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Dressing for the Times: Fashion in Tang Dynasty China (618-907) [PDF]
, 1994 During the Tang dynasty, an increased capacity for change created a new value system predicated on the accumulation of wealth and the obsolescence of things that is best understood as fashion.
Chen, Bu Yun
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Pedagogical issues in fashion theory Fashion or dress? Pedagogical issues in fashion theory [PDF]
, 2019 In this article, I plan to reflect on the pedagogical challenges I’ve faced in myfirst semester of teaching fashion studies material at Parsons, speaking specifically to thechallenges I’ve overcome in leading my junior seminar, Supermodel: Beauty ...
Downing Peters, Lauren
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When spirit in Utter dismemberment finds itself : reflections on new confucian philosophy and the problem of historical discontinuity [PDF]
, 2014 In this article I inquire into the question of cultural continuity against the background of the problem of modernity through the medium of the specific case of New Confucian philosophy.
Van den Stock, Ady
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Between Letter and Spirit: The Ontology of Jewish Performance [PDF]
, 2021 This dissertation is an ethnographic and auto-ethnographic study that focuses on the discursive, gestural rituals and performance practices in the orthodox Jewish community in Toronto, Canada over the last decade.
Schwartz, Shira
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Review of STILLMAN, \u3ci\u3eArab Dress: A Short History, From the Dawn of Islam to Modem Times.\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2002 Arab Dress: A Short History, From the Dawn of Islam to Modem Times. By YADIDA KALFON STILLMAN. Edited by NORMAN A. STILLMAN. Themes in Islamic Studies, vol. 2. Leiden: BRILL, 2000. Pp. xxxii + 240, plates, figs. Billowing folds, exquisite pleats, tightly
Bier, Carol
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The deceptive mirror: the dressed body beyond reflection. [PDF]
, 2020 This paper explores the role of the mirror in the act of getting dressed. It argues that in daily practices of dress/ing the predominance of the sense of sight in defining the experience of both dress and our self is materialized and enhanced by the ...
Ruggerone, Lucia, Stauss, Renate
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The nature of fixed language in the subtitling of a documentary film [PDF]
, 2007 This research is based on the assumption that audiovisual translation (AVT ) performs a social and cultural function over its viewers, thus still justifying studies that focus on linguistic issues.
Martins, Cláudia
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Usage and meaning of early medieval textiles. A structural analysis of vestimentary systems in Francia and Anglo-Saxon England [PDF]
, 2009 This thesis puts under examination the linguistic and non-verbal elements of early medieval clothing on the basis of semiotic systems that pertain to the use and function of early medieval textiles in Francia and Anglo-Saxon England.
Magoula, Olga
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“Breaking the Law...?” On the Role of Law and Legal References in the Cultural History of the Heavy Metal Scene in Styria since 1980 [PDF]
, 2022 Die kulturgeschichtliche Perspektive fragt danach, welche Rolle das Recht als Alltagsphänomen im Leben der Menschen spielte. Ein solcher Bereich, in welchem man eine zentrale Stellung des Rechts wahrscheinlich auf den ersten Blick nicht vermuten würde ...
Pichler, Peter
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